Chinese Character 鮎 Meanings and components.

Form

鮎

Meaning

鮎 meaning[3] in English

Sheatfish (Parasilurus Asotus).

Oriental Catfish.

See Also 鯰|鲶[Nian2].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 鮎 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Yu (魚) , and variant of 占[zhan4] (占)

Its radical[1] is: 魚 (yu2) which means: Surname Yu, .魚yu2surname Yu

In cangjie it is written with NFYR

How to write 鮎

To write鮎nian2sheatfish (Parasilurus … you should write a combination of 魚yu2surname Yu , 占zhan4variant of … arranged in a 吅 shape:

魚 + 占 = 鮎

鮎 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 鮎 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 鮎, looks as follow:

鮎
Pinyin:nian2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Sheatfish (Parasilurus Asotus) . Oriental Catfish . See Also 鯰|鲶[Nian2]
魚
Pinyin:yu2
Meaning[3]: Surname Yu
占
Pinyin:zhan4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 占[Zhan4]
卜
Pinyin:bo5
Meaning[3]: Surname Bu
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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